Lars CrusefalkTemporary Senior Lecturer

Course coordinator:

Basic sociology (Bachelor´s Programme in Human Resources, Work and Organization)

Mesosociology (Sociology I)

Sociology as a science (Sociology I)

In my research, I have focused on the economic lives of young people, particularly how they reason about money, consumption, and credit in a society where financial responsibility and independence are often emphasized as ideals. In my doctoral dissertation, Financial journeys: Reasoning about debt and money among young adults in Sweden, I examined how young adults in Sweden navigate conflicting economic expectations and opportunities.

I am especially interested in how everyday economic decisions are shaped by social norms, institutional structures, and cultural notions of responsibility, freedom, and the future.

At present, I am conducting research on young people’s experiences of loneliness during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden, with a particular focus on the social consequences, relationships, and changing forms of belonging during a time of physical distancing.

Publications

Heyerdahl, L, W., Borzykh, Y., Lana, B., Volkman, A-M., Crusefalk, L., Colman, E., Tvardik, N., Anthierens, S., Vray, M., Giles-Vernick, T. (2023). Outsciencing the scientists: a cross-sectional mixed-methods investigation of public trust in scientists in seven European countries. BMJ Public Health Volume 1, Issue 1.

Crusefalk, L. (2023) Financial journeys: Reasoning about debt and money among young adults in Sweden. Lund university. Doctoral dissertation.  

Crusefalk, L. (2017). Fictionalizing the Economy and Reviewing Imagined Futures of Capitalism. Economic Sociology and Political Economy.

Crusefalk, L. (2016). Unga vuxnas kreditvärldar och kreditpraktiker. I Vardagslivets finansialisering (Vol. CFK[1]rapport 2016:1, s. 23-35). Centrum för konsumtionsvetenskap.